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ORIGINAL: Aimtoplease101

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ORIGINAL: Wulfchyld

Perhaps a horseshoe nail ring. They are subtle and not in mass production.

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I'm not sure that a horseshoe nail is really an appropriate symbol, or in any way theme-related, but it's creative.

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ORIGINAL: MistressFire70

There are symbols already and I'm surprised no one has answered about them. There is the BDSM triskele (which is NOT legally copyrighted, as research has shown) and the leather pride flag. There is also now a Master/slave Dom/sub pride flag.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskele#BDSM

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cv/aboutflag.html

http://www.masterslaveflag.com/html/faq_s.html

Fire

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I've been leaning heavily toward the Master/slave flag because of the controversey (for lack of a better term) surrounding the Triskle.

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ORIGINAL: Aimtoplease101

Have you ever thought that meeting people with similar interests in the bdsm lifestyle would be a lot easier if there was some discrete symbol that dommes and subs could wear in public? Like a blue bracelet, or a red toe ring, or a black tie. Something that was not so unusual as to draw attention from the uninitiated, but sufficiently unique/ rare to serve as an identifying sign to those who know what to look for?

ATP

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ORIGINAL: Elegant

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ORIGINAL: Aimtoplease101

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ORIGINAL: Wulfchyld

Perhaps a horseshoe nail ring. They are subtle and not in mass production.

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I'm not sure that a horseshoe nail is really an appropriate symbol, or in any way theme-related, but it's creative.

Horseshoe nail rings are not a unique idea...already done and already in mass production.

http://www.equicraft.com/rings1.html
http://www.backinthesaddle.com/itemdy00.asp?c=j&T1=B85665&GEN1=Rings,+Watches+and+Pins&SKW=ring&PageNo=1
http://www.equestriancollections.com/eq/editBag.do?departmentId=-4&productId=7655

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ORIGINAL: HalloweenWhite

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ORIGINAL: Aimtoplease101

Have you ever thought that meeting people with similar interests in the bdsm lifestyle would be a lot easier if there was some discrete symbol that dommes and subs could wear in public? Like a blue bracelet, or a red toe ring, or a black tie. Something that was not so unusual as to draw attention from the uninitiated, but sufficiently unique/ rare to serve as an identifying sign to those who know what to look for?

ATP

Just a quick reply, I dont know where you are from so I hope this doesnt sound sarcastic or what-ever, anyway, what about wearing an "O" ring-they are popular in the U.K and discrete-they are just ordinary rings with a very small circle attacted to the front of it.

Dommes/Doms wear them on their left hand, subs on their right.

Any good?


HalloweenWhite

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ORIGINAL: valeca

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ORIGINAL: MistressFire70

There are symbols already and I'm surprised no one has answered about them. There is the BDSM triskele (which is NOT legally copyrighted, as research has shown) and the leather pride flag. There is also now a Master/slave Dom/sub pride flag.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskele#BDSM

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cv/aboutflag.html

http://www.masterslaveflag.com/html/faq_s.html

Fire

Me too. But then again, I'm one to research the things I'm involved in. That's not a cut on anyone who didn't know there were several symbols already, just a statement that I prefer to find out all I can. Still, it surprised me.

I've been leaning heavily toward the Master/slave flag because of the controversey (for lack of a better term) surrounding the Triskle.

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ORIGINAL: Aimtoplease101

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ORIGINAL: HalloweenWhite

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ORIGINAL: Aimtoplease101

Have you ever thought that meeting people with similar interests in the bdsm lifestyle would be a lot easier if there was some discrete symbol that dommes and subs could wear in public? Like a blue bracelet, or a red toe ring, or a black tie. Something that was not so unusual as to draw attention from the uninitiated, but sufficiently unique/ rare to serve as an identifying sign to those who know what to look for?

ATP

Just a quick reply, I dont know where you are from so I hope this doesnt sound sarcastic or what-ever, anyway, what about wearing an "O" ring-they are popular in the U.K and discrete-they are just ordinary rings with a very small circle attacted to the front of it.

Dommes/Doms wear them on their left hand, subs on their right.

Any good?


HalloweenWhite

No sarcastic at all-- and very good. I don't think I've seen these-- do you have a link to a site you can suggest before we Google the term?

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ORIGINAL: IronBear

You can always have the Japanese kanji tattooed on your arm. There is one character for Master and another for slave. There is no reason why you can't have the appropriate character printed on a T-Shirt.

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ORIGINAL: IronBear

You can always have the Japanese kanji tattooed on your arm. There is one character for Master and another for slave. There is no reason why you can't have the appropriate character printed on a T-Shirt.

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ORIGINAL: SweetEscravo

Driver1961,

I just want to make clear that no Buddhist would or should ever be against BDSM. There is absolutely nothing in this lifestyle that goes against a Buddhist philosophy. As a lifelong Buddhist and submissive, I want to stand up for both communities I love. Probably the greatest teaching in Buddhism is to be alive and awake in the moment- and I don't think I am ever more in the moment than when doing BDSM.